Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling tuberculosis, as in being characterized by tubercular lesions.
- adjective Resembling a tubercule.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, having the appearance or shape of a tubercle; tuberculiform.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Resembling a tubercle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling a
tubercule - adjective Of or pertaining to
tuberculosis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling tuberculosis
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Examples
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Healthy people only get a milder 'tuberculoid' kind of leprosy.
Mycobacterium leprae Emma Lurie 2007
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Healthy people only get a milder 'tuberculoid' kind of leprosy.
Archive 2007-04-01 Emma Lurie 2007
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Depending on where it falls along the line between the two extremes, borderline leprosy is divided into: borderline tuberculoid (BT), borderline (BB), and borderline lepromatous (BL).
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It greatly reduces the time needed for treatment, especially for tuberculoid leprosy.
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BORDERLINE LEPROSY combines features of both tuberculoid and lepromatous leprosy.
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For tuberculoid leprosy take both of these for at least 6 months:
Chapter 31 1993
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Patients with tuberculoid leprosy are less infectious but are more likely to suffer paralysis of peripheral nerves.
Chapter 9 1993
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- The action on the tuberculoid type is quite slow, about 2 to 6 weeks.
Chapter 4 1993
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If there are light-colored skin patches with loss of sensation but no lumps or thickened skin, then the person probably has tuberculoid leprosy and only 2 medicines are required.
Chapter 31 1993
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For paucibacillary leprosy (borderline-tuberculoid, tuberculoid and indeterminate), it uses two-drug regimen.
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